re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by BetOnIt on 3/13/19 at 9:55 am to TigerinATL

Thanks. I know the position, didnt get the acronym.

Which GM candidates do y'all think would want both positions and how has that worked out historically? I know being a coach and GM or coach and President doesn't usually work out, but how about President and GM?

re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by TigerinATL on 3/13/19 at 10:18 am to BetOnIt

2 candidates that probably want to be POBO/GMs are Zarren and Griffin. I don't know enough about them to say what kind of #2 I'd like to see but whoever is hired we should see a serious commitment to scouting, analytics and sports medicine/science. If we don't see an expansion in those areas then not much has changed.

When Demps got here the first thing he did was replace Jeff Bower's YouTube Bookmarks and Synergy Sports subscription with an actual scouting department. Obviously that wasn't properly utilized with Demps trading away all of the draft picks, but it was a very tangible change at the time. Hopefully we'll see some similarly tangible changes in modern NBA directions after the new GM is hired.

re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by eyeran on 3/13/19 at 11:04 am to TigerinATL

Good news.

Im worried though, that it seems more and more like keeping Gentry might be part of what the next GM is handcuffed with.

To me this is an awful way to start the interview process, and should be a huge red flag to any candidate.

I personally think Gentry's a mediocre a coach, but even if i'd loved the job he's done here, i'd think it would be a bad look for the next guy running the franchise to not be able to pick his own coach.

re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by TigerinATL on 3/13/19 at 11:42 am to Pelefraan 1

That’s a semantic issue. She’s hiring someone to implement a new basketball ball operations structure. That person will presumably fill in the blanks but like most owners she’s got veto and mandate power if she wants to.

re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by NOFOX on 3/13/19 at 11:47 am to TigerinATL

quote:That’s a semantic issue. She’s hiring someone to implement a new basketball ball operations structure. That person will presumably fill in the blanks but like most owners she’s got veto and mandate power if she wants to.

Yeah, it doesn't really matter. Masai Ujiri started off as a GM with no POBO, same with Tim Connely and others. A lot of times a FO will name a GM and then when they think an assistant GM is about to be poached (i.e. - Karnišovas in DEN), they change titles to POBO and name the assistant GM as the GM.

Actually this is what should have happened with Dell/Connely, but I digress.

re: Pels getting the long list of GM candidates from search firm next weekPosted by TigerinATL on 3/13/19 at 2:38 pm to NOSHAU

I think he meant the favorite on this board, but I don't really see that either. I think "change" is the favorite here. I kind of like the idea of Ferry/Langdon but I get how that would make people worry they took the easy way out and didn't implement enough change.